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Anxiety and School Refusal: A Cross-Program Panel Discussion

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Watch the recording of our interactive panel on anxiety and school refusal, featuring Executive Director Zack Schafer, Amy Killey of Weaver and Associates, and Dr. Dina Nunziato of the Anxiety Institute. This open conversation explores how to recognize school avoidance early, respond effectively, and understand when more intensive support may be needed.

Whether you’re a parent, clinician, or educator, the discussion offers practical insights and real-world strategies for helping students reconnect with school, peers, and life.

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Embracing the Counterculture: How ERP & OT Can Work Together To Help Patients Face Their Anxiety Head-On

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Join Mountain Valley’s Dr. Tim DiGiacomo, PsyD, and Zack Schafer, MS OTR/L, for a virtual webinar discussing how integrating Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) and Occupational Therapy (OT) within the milieu can help patients learn how to address and treat their anxiety in a functional, forward moving approach. The discussion will also include overviews of how various ERP therapies work within the milieu integration (including CBT, DBT, ACT).

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Parenting in the Most Difficult Moments

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One of the most difficult parts of parenting is knowing how properly to help your children through crisis. To help parents, teachers, and guardians navigate these challenges, we’ve put together a virtual discussion featuring Mountain Valley’s Parent Support Program Director Dr. Lisa Rosen, facilitated by Mountain Valley’s Marketing Director Betsy Underhill. Learn more about parenting strategies for children with anxiety, including the differences between accommodating and supporting your children.

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Parenting in the Anxiety Epidemic

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How can parents and professionals respond to the rising anxiety epidemic in children and teens? Join Mountain Valley’s Parent Support Program Director, Dr. Lisa Rosen, for a virtual discussion about strategies to support parents raising anxious children including an overview of SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety and related disorders.

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School Refusal: How To Recognize When It’s A Problem & What Can Be Done About It

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Join Knower Academics’ Kayte Knower and Mountain Valley’s Dr. Tim DiGiacomo and Occupational Therapist Zack Schafer, for a recorded discussion about school refusal and what it looks like now in 2022, including discussion around:

–             What does school refusal look like now, and how do you recognize it’s a problem?

–             How has staying home during COVID normalized and exacerbated the issue?

–             How might resources (like virtual coursework and medical leave) that look good on the surface potentially be a problem?

–             What can be done to help confront and address school refusal?

–             How can Occupational Therapy (OT) and Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) strategies work?

 

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Reversing the Anxiety Cycle with Exposure & Response Prevention

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At Mountain Valley, we believe that young people with anxiety and related disorders can do more than just cope—they can heal and thrive, eventually harnessing their struggles as powerful opportunities for growth.

Watch the recorded session from October 20th, 2022, featuring Dr. Tim DiGiacomo and Ashley Metz, MS for a brief discussion about how Mountain Valley’s foundational treatment modality, evidence-based Exposure and Response Prevention therapy (ERP), can reverse the devastating cycle of retreat and withdrawal that many sufferers of anxiety and related disorders experience.

 

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Magic in the Milieu: How Integrating Psychotherapy and Milieu Therapy Can Accelerate Anxiety Treatment

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Watch the recorded discussion from September 21 of Dr. Tim DiGiacomo and Occupational Therapist Zack Schafer of how milieu therapy can serve as a powerful catalyst for psychotherapy when the two are artfully integrated. At Mountain Valley, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) finds its perfect complement in a milieu approach that incorporates the highly experiential, holistic principles of occupational therapy. Integrating these two foundational approaches is challenging and complex, but the resulting dynamic interplay is well worth the effort for greatly improved clinical outcomes.

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